US EditionScientists identify mysterious 'golden orb' found on ocean floor – and it’s not an alien egg
Researchers said the orb was the base tissue of a giant deep-sea anemone, ending a two-and-a-half-year mystery.
- On Wednesday, NOAA released research identifying the Golden Orb found in 2023 as a remnant of a deep-sea anemone, Relicanthus daphneae, solving a two-and-a-half-year mystery.
- Scientists discovered the 10 cm golden mass during a 2023 NOAA expedition at 3,250 meters depth in the Gulf of Alaska, where it remained stuck to rock unidentified for years.
- Identifying the object required three years of complex morphological and genetic analysis; Allen Collins, director of NOAA Fisheries National Systematics Laboratory, called it a 'special case' demanding focused expertise.
- The revelation debunks viral alien-egg theories that surged after an expedition member feared something might pop out during a live feed, ending widespread speculation about the mysterious specimen.
- William Mowitt, acting director of NOAA Ocean Exploration, emphasized that exploring the deep ocean unlocks secrets, sustains the planet, and strengthens national security through resource understanding.
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It's Not Aliens: Scientists Reveal Origins of Underwater Orb
Let us know if you’ve heard this one before: a scientific expedition ventures below the surface of the water and finds a mysterious round object that defies any understanding. Yes, that is the basic plot of Michael Crichton’s novel Sphere — later adapted for film — but it’s also a description of something found in 2023 in the Gulf of Alaska. At the time, The Guardian‘s Hannah Devlin described the discovery as a “smooth object with an intriguing …
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A Mysterious Golden Orb Was Discovered Under the Sea. We Finally Know What It Is.
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Scientists of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) found in 2023, a 3,000-meter progundity under the waters of the Gulf of Alaska, a mysterious golden object of 10 centimeters in diameter, shaped like an egg, that they could not identify.Now, the mystery has finally been solved.Although it has been studied by some of the world's most important marine biologists, a complex investigation of several years has been necessary to…
Scientists were able to identify the golden sphere discovered in 2023, about 3,300 meters below the surface of the water, along Alaska's coast. According to them, "the gold globe would, in fact, be part of an anemone, writes New York...
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